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The Red Mill

  • 1927
  • Passed
  • 1h 14m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
1.6K
YOUR RATING
Marion Davies in The Red Mill (1927)
ComedyRomance

A tavern worker and the daughter of a burgomaster enter into elaborate masquerades in order to win the hearts of the men they love.A tavern worker and the daughter of a burgomaster enter into elaborate masquerades in order to win the hearts of the men they love.A tavern worker and the daughter of a burgomaster enter into elaborate masquerades in order to win the hearts of the men they love.

  • Director
    • Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
  • Writers
    • Frances Marion
    • Victor Herbert
    • Henry Martyn Blossom
  • Stars
    • Marion Davies
    • Owen Moore
    • Louise Fazenda
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
    1.6K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
    • Writers
      • Frances Marion
      • Victor Herbert
      • Henry Martyn Blossom
    • Stars
      • Marion Davies
      • Owen Moore
      • Louise Fazenda
    • 21User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 2 wins total

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    Marion Davies
    Marion Davies
    • Tina
    Owen Moore
    Owen Moore
    • Dennis
    Louise Fazenda
    Louise Fazenda
    • Gretchen
    George Siegmann
    George Siegmann
    • Willem
    • (as George Siegman)
    Karl Dane
    Karl Dane
    • Captain Jacop
    Russ Powell
    Russ Powell
    • Burgomaster
    • (as J. Russell Powell)
    Snitz Edwards
    Snitz Edwards
    • Caesar
    William Orlamond
    William Orlamond
    • Governor
    Ignatz
    • Ignatz
    William White
    • Boy With Runaway Kite
    • (as Billy Hampton)
    Fred Bloss
    • Village Boy
    • (uncredited)
    John D. Bloss
    • Village Boy
    • (uncredited)
    Roy Bloss
    • Village Boy
    • (uncredited)
    Adeline Craig
    • Village Girl
    • (uncredited)
    Micky Delano
    • Village Girl
    • (uncredited)
    Kay Deslys
    Kay Deslys
    • Skater
    • (uncredited)
    Caroline Dine
    • Bridal Party
    • (uncredited)
    Sally Eilers
    Sally Eilers
    • Skater
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
    • Writers
      • Frances Marion
      • Victor Herbert
      • Henry Martyn Blossom
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    User reviews21

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    9movingpicturegal

    Marion Davies Shines As Pigtailed Dutch Girl

    Very enjoyable silent romantic comedy set in Holland which stars Marion Davies as Tina, pigtailed drudge of the Red Mill Tavern - she cleans the floor by skating around with scrub brushes attached to her feet and has a little pet mouse who lives in her wooden shoe. The man who runs the tavern is a real meanie who goes around with a snarl and a whip and likes to lock local boys in the "Haunted Mill". Handsome Dennis (played by Owen Moore), visiting Holland (attracted by the damsels not the dams) along with his valet, is outside skating where Tina observes him through her window, immediately falls for him, and races right out there to meet him! Well, they are soon skating together while she swoons on his shoulder - but he leaves town before anything can come of this, spring comes, and she dreams of love. Meanwhile, the Burgomaster's daughter Gretchen (Louise Fazenda) is being forced by her father to marry the Governor - and is being locked in her room at the Inn until the wedding day. But Gretchen loves another - so to help her out, Tina gets the idea that they should exchange clothes so Gretchen can sneak out to meet her secret love. Misunderstandings ensue when Dennis, now back at the Inn, meets Marion dressed as Gretchen and falls in love with her.

    This is a really excellent film - well done and full of charm. There are a number of amusing, laugh out loud scenes in this - Marion Davies has a face full of expression and is really wonderful here. There is one very funny scene when she first meets Owen Moore's character - she enters a skating race which he is judging (with the prize of a kiss for the winner!) and ends up with a face covered in ice (and no kiss - ah). Another funny bit shows her with no make-up as she covers up her face with a "mud massage" which magically comes off to reveal her now fully made-up, beautiful face. Snitz Edwards, who plays the valet, also adds a lot of humor to this - I think he's funny when he's just standing there! This film was very reminiscent to me of the type of film that Mary Pickford might have starred in - so it's interesting that Owen Moore stars in this, Mary's first husband. The version of this as shown on TCM featured a gorgeous clear print with a lot of contrast and a really terrific music score that I loved - I thought the music really helped enhance this film. A romantic, funny, and delightful film.
    7bkoganbing

    Not a note of Victor Herbert

    The saddest thing about The Red Mill is that it never got a sound adaption so the Victor Herbert-Henry Blossom score was never heard. Watching it I was hoping at least to hear some of the songs on the sound track. But there was nary a note of Herbert's heard in the film.

    The Red Mill was a vehicle for the famous vaudeville team of Fred Stone and David Montgomery and ran in the 1906-07 season for 274 performances. The score consisted of such Herbert classics as In Old New York and Every Day Is Lady's Day With Me and Moonbeams. Purportedly there was a planned remake of it that was shelved that would have starred Laurel and Hardy. It might have been a great film.

    This version has the plot somewhat altered to fit Marion Davies who plays a Dutch barmaid who falls in love with visiting Irishman Owen Moore. It's a good thing that Roscoe Arbuckle directing under the pseudonym William Goodrich was in charge. He saw that Davies got some nice comedy bits at which she was so much better at than some of the heavy dramatics that William Randolph Hearst her patron and paramour saw as her strength.

    MGM spent a lot of money designing some great sets including a Dutch mill where Davies spends the climax trying to elude the villain with Moore trying to rescue her. It's similar to the rather outlandish and funny climax in the rollicking film Many Rivers To Cross that starred Robert Taylor and Eleanor Parker with Davies her own worst enemy in the rescue.

    The mill itself is very similar to the one in the Frankenstein movies over at Universal. It's quite remarkable even for today.

    I'm disappointed in not hearing any Victor Herbert music, but Marion Davies is quite good in this film.
    7Briguy-14

    Another comedic gem of a performance from Marion Davies

    This is yet another movie that should be shown to anyone who might doubt the talents of Marion Davies. She is delightful in this performance, with some wonderful bits of physical comedy. Director Fatty Arbuckle surely deserves the credit as well. The supporting players are also quite good, but make no mistake - this is her film.
    7planktonrules

    Pretty good comedy--very light and pleasant

    While this film isn't nearly as good as Marion Davies' best comedy, SHOW PEOPLE, it is still a pretty good silent comedy. It is NOT sophisticated and the humor is rarely laugh out loud funny, but it is nonetheless a sweet movie about mistaken identity as well as a poor and abused girl finally getting a break. Ms. Davies played an abused young lady--much like Cinderella. However, despite her nasty boss, she maintains a sweet disposition and eventually this decency is rewarded when she meets the right man. However, at about the same time, another woman is being forced to marry a man she does not love and so the two briefly change places--creating some mildly amusing moments. All in all, this is a nice movie with a few mild laughs--well made but not exactly life changing.

    By the way, Davies' pet mouse is named "Ignatz" in honor of the Krazy Kat cartoons.
    9nowlang

    A humorous fairy tale with unbelievably detailed set

    I agree with my predecessor on the beauty and artistry of this masterpiece of the Seventh Art. I offer my hat to TCM for completing an outstanding restoration of a masterpiece of Americana. The musical score that was added this silent film was well chosen and replaces very well the missing dialog.

    I would like to bring the attention of the reader on the props and decor used in the movie. The details of the set mimicking the Holland country side complete with its channels, windmills, iced ponds, and buildings are so well detailed with the means of the day. For example, look at at the decoration the bedrooms, the kitchen where Ms. Davis strenuously works, and notice the matching outdoor scenery showing through the kitchen windows. The haunted red mill with it's intricate detail appears right out of a Currier and Yves lithograph. It is fascinating that the director give us such a realistic vision of the set. For example, pay attention to the intricacies of the mechanism powered by the sails (arms) of the windmill as the raging storm shakes the old structure. The entire set is a work of art to preserve as a fine example of the quality and wholesomeness that made Hollywood, the "dream factory", world famous.

    I offer my thanks to TCM for preserving such masterpiece and to Michael Picton for such a delightful musical score for generations to enjoy.

    PS: The "Burgomaster" or Burgomeester was the town mayor in Holland and a person of considerable power in these small communities.

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    • Trivia
      Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle got the assignment to direct this film because William Randolph Hearst felt guilty about how his newspapers had savaged Arbuckle during his three murder/rape trials in 1922 and ruined his career, despite his eventual acquittal.
    • Goofs
      Near the beginning, when Willem uses his cane to strike at Ignatz on the table, the mouse "jumps" off the table onto the floor and runs away. However, from the way the rodent landed on the floor, it's apparent that it simply was dropped from above.
    • Quotes

      Title Card: Willem, the Tavern proprietor was a kind man... the mean kind.

    • Alternate versions
      In 2006, Turner Entertainment Co. copyrighted a 74-minute version of this film, with original music composed by Michael Picton.
    • Connections
      Featured in La grande parade du rire (1964)

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    • Release date
      • January 29, 1927 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • None
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Красная мельница
    • Filming locations
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Cosmopolitan Productions
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
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    • Budget
      • $539,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 14m(74 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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